Inspired Facilities
We want local communities across the country to be touched
by the magic of London 2012 in a tangible way, and this fund will
bring National Lottery funding to many local groups and facilities
that haven’t previously benefited.
Clubs, community and voluntary sector groups and councils will
be able to apply for grants of between £25,000 and £150,000 where
there is a proven local need for a facility to be modernised,
extended or modified to open up new sporting opportunities.
Many clubs and facilities are facing challenges in the current
economic climate, and this locally-focused fund will make a big
difference at the grassroots level. This
Budget and timings
Sport England will invest £50 million of National Lottery
funding in up to 1,000 local sports facilities.
Inspired Facilities will launch in Summer 2011. Each funded
facility will carry the London 2012 Inspire mark, a permanent
celebration of its role in the legacy of the Games.
Protecting Playing Fields
Playing fields are vital to a vibrant grassroots sports
environment, yet some are allowed to fall into a poor state and
others are earmarked as future development opportunities.
This programme will enhance the role Sport England already plays
in protecting playing fields, by securing the future of many sites
for a minimum of 25 years.
We will invest in improving pitches and bringing disused playing
fields back into use, creating a lasting Olympic and Paralympic
legacy of high quality pitches where people can play sport right
across the country.
As part of this, we will work in partnership with Fields in
Trust to support their programme, Queen Elizabeth II Fields
Challenge.
Budget and timings
£10 million of National Lottery funding will be available to
protect and improve playing fields. Sport England will launch the
first of five £2 million funding rounds in late Spring 2011, with
the final round in 2014/15.
Iconic Facilities
Iconic Facilities will use the inspirational pull of London 2012
to enhance an existing, successful Sport England National Lottery
funding programme.
World-leading sports facilities are not simply the most
attractive in terms of design, nor the most advanced in terms of
equipment – they are sustainable in their operations and focused on
their users.
This fund will create local beacons for grassroots sport by
supporting innovative large scale multi-sport facilities’ projects
that are regionally significant for at least two sports. We will
only invest in projects that demonstrate long-term financial
viability.
Find out how more about the Iconic
Facilities fund
Budget and timings
£30 million of capital National Lottery funding will be invested
by Sport England over three years.
Applications for the first of three £10 million funding
rounds is now closed. Further rounds will open in Autumn 2011
and Autumn 2012.
Each funded facility will carry the London 2012 Inspire mark, a
permanent celebration of its role in the legacy of the Games.
Find out more about the Iconic Facilities
fund
Sport Makers
This project will use the inspirational pull of 2012 to recruit,
train and deploy 40,000 Sport Makers across the country.
These Sport Makers will embed the Olympic and Paralympic values
throughout grassroots sport and become the next generation of
sports volunteers to organise and lead community sporting
activities.
Every Sport Maker will commit to at least 10 hours of
volunteering, so the result will be hundreds of thousands of
volunteer hours to support the mass participation legacy.
Our aim is for at least half of the Sport Makers to remain
active as sports volunteers, offering a long-term benefit for
sport.
This initiative will be fully inclusive, and the scheme will
make a big contribution to increasing sporting opportunities for
disabled people. Sport Makers will be deployed in the areas/sports
where the need is greatest, ensuring we are matching people with
opportunities.
Anyone aged 16 and over can choose to become a Sport Maker and
be part of the legacy of London 2012.
Budget and timings
Sport England will invest £4 million of National Lottery funding
in this initiative, which will be delivered in partnership with the
BOA and the BPA.
Sports Makers will launch in Autumn 2011 and run for two
years
Gold Challenge
Gold Challenge is an independent initiative, which will harness
the inspiration of a home Olympic and Paralympic Games to give
every adult the chance to be part of the mass participation legacy.
Gold Challenge will motivate people to take up some or all of the
Olympic and Paralympic sports and, in doing so, raise millions of
pounds for charity.
Supported by Sport England, the BOA and BPA, Gold Challenge is a
call to action for those looking to challenge themselves through
the pursuit of new sporting experiences either as an individual, as
part of a team or as part of a corporate programme. Over 100,000
people are anticipated to take part, reaping the benefits both
personally and for their chosen charity.
Gold Challenge has signed up over 100 charity partners with huge
reach. It will be open to any individual aged 16 and over.
Budget and timings
Gold Challenge is an entirely self-funding organisation.
However, up to £3 million of National Lottery funding will be
available for Sport England to invest in the sport delivery system
should sports be unable to meet the additional demand from
participants created by Gold Challenge.
Gold Challenge launched on 24 November 2010 and will run until
31 December 2012.
Sportivate
Sportivate will capture the excitement of London 2012 to provide
attractive sporting opportunities for teenagers and young adults in
a sport of their choice.
With many young people dropping out of sport in their teens and
early twenties, we need to motivate them to give a sport another go
or to try something completely new.
Hundreds of thousands of youngsters will enjoy six weeks of
coaching at a local venue – and they’ll get guidance on the places
and people they can continue to play with when the six weeks are
up.
Sportivate will be open to everyone aged between 14 and 25.
Budget and timings
Sportivate will launch in early Summer 2011 and will run until
March 2015. Over this period, Sport England will invest £32 million
of National Lottery funding into the programme.